#VU773 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center


Published: 2016-10-06 | Updated: 2018-04-05

Vulnerability identifier: #VU773

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6427

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Cisco Unified Intelligence Center
Server applications / DLP, anti-spam, sniffers

Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks on the target system.
The wekness is due to insufficient input-validation. By creating a specially crafted HTML page or URL and tricking the victim to load it attackers can gain access to the system and its functionality.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability lets a malicious user to perform XSRF attack.

Mitigation
The vendor has issued a fix, available at
https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center:

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center: 8.5.4 - 9.1.1


External links
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ucis3


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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